Obituaries: Gill Smith, 1961, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: March 30, 1961 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Final Rites For Gill Smith Held Tuesday, Mar. 28

Gill Smith, 79 years, 7 months, died in a local hospital Monday, March 27.  He
was a retired resident of Winnfield having been a shipping clerk with the
Texas Long Leaf Lumber Company in Texas before his retirement.

Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Southern Funeral
Home with Dr. W. L. Holcomb and Rev. R. H. Staples officiating.  Burial was
in the Winnfield Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home.

Acting as pallbearers were Harper Terrill, Dr. S. R. Jenkins, Dudley Shell,
Don Walsh, Cas B. Moss, and Murray Duncan.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Net Wallace Smith, Winnfield; one son,
Gordon Smith, Port Isabell, Texas; two brothers, Charlie S. Smith, Winnfield,
and Bruce Smith, St. Francisville; one sister, Mrs. C. W. Towery, Crockett,
Texas; seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren.